Diqdiqqeh | DQ - UrOnline

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Context Title:	Diqdiqqeh \| DQ
Context Name (Publication):	Diqdiqqeh
Context Name (Excavation):	Digdiggah; DQ
Context Name (Excavation):	Railway site
Context Description:	Essentially a suburb of the ancient city, this area is located about 2 km to the northeast of the ziggurat of Ur. The precise extents of Diqdiqqeh were never defined, but Woolley referred to it as the low ground between the main railway line and the branch that went to Nasiriyeh. The train lines no longer run in the same place they did in Woolley's day, but Corona images allow us to recreate their paths. This makes the general boundaries west, south, and east somewhat known but how far it stretched north is not completely clear. From the first season workers walking across this area picked up surface finds and brought them to Woolley. At that time the location did not have a fixed name in Woolley's mind and thus first season references sometimes say 'near the railway' or 'near Munshid's water engine.' In the second season Woolley decided to investigate more systematically, but after two days of excavation he decided there was not enough remaining architecture to reward further work. Instead, he continued to allow the workers to gather finds over the next ten seasons, and many later catalog cards state "brought in: Diqdiqqeh" The finds from Diqdiqqeh indicate that the ancient suburb played a role in manufacturing and perhaps in commerce. Canals seem to have met in the area and boats may have unloaded goods here. Many figurines, tools, moulds and other crafting items are among the finds, suggesting that Diqdiqqeh may have been an industrial area away from the main habitation. The so-called Treasury of Sin-Iddinam was also excavated in this general area in season 5. In the Antiquaries Journal of January 1925, Woolley described Diqdiqqeh as follows: A mile and a half NE. of the ziggurat, between the main railway line and the Nasiriyah branch, there is a patch of low-lying ground, occasionally cultivated, which the natives call Diqdiqqeh... a happy hunting-ground for treasure-seekers, and I took advantage of this fact to collect from the natives the scattered antiquities which they might bring to light.
Season Number:	01: 1922-1923

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U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
7632	(none)	1928,1009.54	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Rampant lion followed by 2 rampant rams? Between the rams a standing figure, and behind the lion a palm tree.
6059	(none)	(none)	B16284, B16284	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Reception scene, Nannar and minor go and votary, 2 lines of inscription. E. 3rd Dynasty of Ur.
6592	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Recut - illegible. B.
6982	(none)	(none)	B16285	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Scene of worship. Votary introduced by minor god to seated Shamash. Attributes Tripod. About BC 2400. 2300 BC?
6780	(none)	1927,0527.182	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Scene of worship. Worshipper introduced by minor goddess to seated Nannar. Attributes: Crescent moon. 3rd Ur Dynasty about 2200 BC.
19484	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Seated deity and 2 standing figures : a goose and a scorpion.
1544	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Standing deity (Marduk) and seated deity with altar between and tree at back.
1048	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Standing figures.
6522	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Two crossed bulls. Two lions reversed, attacked by two heroes. About BC 2400. B.
18146	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Two registers. Introduction scene, above, with seated goddess and 2 standing figures. Below, swans.
18239	(none)	1933,1013.84	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Very roughly cut, and damaged: a goddess seated before a table, with standing worshipper: behind the goddess a tree.
6482	(none)	1927,0527.184	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Weatherworn. Presentation to a standing god. About BC 2200.
6594	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Worshipper and raised weapon. B.
6987	(none)	(none)	B16308	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Worshippers round sacred tree. Palm branch and dates in a vase. About BC 2200.
1415	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black stone. 2 human figures slaying a lion which leaps between them, facing right. No inscription.
1417	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black stone. 2 human figures slaying a lion, which leaps between them facing right.
1418	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black stone. Half. Portions of 2 human figures and an uncertain object.
1414	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black stone. Introduction to a god seated right with crescent moon before him. Space for inscription blank.
1416	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black stone. Small. With indistinct device of a human figure, striding right, followed by two others with hands clasped and upheld. No inscription.
1720	(none)	1924,0920.57	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black stone. Unfinished and broken; with single figure of erect lion. Found with figurine U.1712.
1545	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black stone. With figures faintly distinguishable.
6865	(none)	1927,0527.198	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black. [steatite crossed out]. Two figures with unpierced arm standing on either side of sacred palm with dates rising out of water pot. About 2300 BC.
7630	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Blue steatite. Two registers. Top: 7 figures clothed in short tunics reaching only to the knees approaching standing deity. All wear feathered? headdress. Bottom: male figure running, pursued? by animals amongst which are cows??
1647	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Blue stone. Irregularly cylindrical, with no trace of device.
1412	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Bluish-black marble. Introduction to a god, seated right, with crescent moon before him. Space for inscription left blank..